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There are different types of carb insulators. Probably a 1/2" phenolitic spacer plate will work.

The problem with the Pantera is that the fuel pump has to draw the fuel upward to get it out of the tank.
Fuel pumps don't like to suck. Especially when it is hot and fuel can vaporize in the fuel line just from the heat of the atmosphere, not to mention the heat of the Pantera engine compartment.

If you don't insulate the carb in some way when you shut off the engine the heat rises out of the engine and will actually boil the fuel out of the carb. Sometimes it perculates so much (like a coffee pot) that you will flood the engine will fuel just sitting there.

210-220 isn't terrible if your fuel line is pressurized properly. New cars normally run hotter then that. You really need 7 psi at the carb especially when it is hot.

The engine will tell you that it is too hot when you try to start it and the starter can't turn the engine over or it does so very slowly.
That isn't a weak battery or even a weak starter necessarily. It means the engine is HOT.

105 degrees and raining? Wow. That's screwie.
I've never experienced that. That must "stay in Vegas" huh?